Kingston electrical contractor Scott Henden shows off his “Roller Coaster.” a bender that will help electrical contractors save time on labor and produce perfect offset bends every time.

   Scott Henden has striven for perfection with his new invention.
   The Kingston electrical contractor and former county commissioner candidate, has focused on a piece of equipment that bends electrical conduit. For the last few frustrating years, the flexible friend, tentatively called “The Roller Coaster,” has been through a long series of trials and errors. Now it’s ready for sale to the world’s electricians and plumbers.
   Henden’s invention allows any person installing electrical conduit or metal plumbing pipe to easily get around obstacles in ceiling or walls.
   “That’s called an off-set, and this helps,” he said. “You run a conduit along a ceiling and if a duct is in the way, you can use this to go around it.”
   It sounds simple and in his patent search, Henden said he saw a lot of similar ideas.
   “But none got off the ground,” he said. “It’s a useful thing, otherwise I would not have pursued it. For several years I’ve been working on it and for several years before that it’s been in my head.” Going through the patenting process was “a learning experience and informative,” Henden said.
   The Roller Coaster can be used for special jobs, Henden said. “It bends straight and true,” he said, “and it holds up under stress. I like to think, as an electrician myself, I know what’s needed.”
   Henden, president of Henden Electric, has started a new corporation, Henden Industries, solely to market and manufacture the new Roller Coaster, which has a patent pending.
   People won’t know about his product unless he tells them. Henden said an upcoming article in the nationwide Electrical Contractor magazine will go a long way towards getting the word out. He also plans a direct-mail campaign to local and regional contractors.
   “It won’t be needed everywhere, everyday,” Henden said. “We expect stores might buy one or two at a time. But we want people to see this and to use it.”